Adoni-Zedek

"When Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard this… he was very afraid"(Joshua 10:1, 2)
 

What does the name “Adonizadek” mean? The name "Adoni"means "Lord,"the name "Zedek"means "righteousness,"and Jerusalem means "foundation of peace."Amazing! A king, a prince, or a prince of righteousness, who reigns on the foundation of peace. All this splendor, and yet he is in reality an enemy. How can that be? "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). We never forget that "Jannis and Jambres" resisted Moses, or resisted the divine truth, using the means of imitation (2 Timothy 3:8); Moses threw down his rod and it became a serpent, and they threw down their rods and they became serpents. 

At this point, many fall into the trap of Satan when he imitates the works of God. This is what we see in this example before us: an enemy who calls himself "the Lord of righteousness, the King on the foundation of peace," and he is far from these qualities. 

This is the characteristic of the enemy "a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44). But it is beautiful to notice in this chapter (Joshua 10), Gilgal is mentioned no less than five times. The spiritual and moral lesson from Gilgal is humility and judging and condemning the body. Yes - the people benefited well from the lesson of Ai (Joshua 7), they would not go out except from Gilgal, and they would also return to Gilgal, so the victory was certain and clear. And we know from the story that those who died because of the great hailstones that the Lord threw upon them from heaven were more than those who were killed by the children of Israel (Joshua 10:10, 11).

My beloved brothers 

We are in a war, and war requires men wearing the full armor of God. But above all, let us have complete reliance and strong support on God, who is for us, who is with us, and without whom we are nothing, and we can do nothing.

Written by Brother / Nabeel Ishaq